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who spent at least 50 percent of their careers without a glove, Ortiz ranks third in OPS with a .922 mark, behind only Frank Thomas and Edgar Martinez. However, whereas Ortiz in 2011 returned to perform at a level that was near his offensive output in
D&C have their weekly visit with Doc Rivers where they talk about last night's 90-85 loss to the defending NBA champions Dallas Mavericks. Doc also shares his thoughts on how they have to be a better rebounding team, the Celtics potential this season, and Mickael Pietrus's Celtics debut last night.
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department. I know baseball isn't basketball, but still. And if you want an MLB navicular bone example I can offer you Frank Thomas , who I'm pretty sure missed a game or two over the years. 5. Will Stephen Strasburg make the All-Star team? First
revealed a non-displaced fracture of the navicular bone in the middle of the foot. Players such as Yao Ming , Bill Walton , Frank Thomas and Michael Jordan lost the better part of full seasons to navicular stress fractures. But the Sox do not believe that the prognosis was that
speed is a must in today's NFL. The defensive line is seriously hurting. The injuries to Ty Warren and Jarvis Green put a big hurt on the defense. The unavailability of those two forced the Pats to give up most of their usual rotation of front-line players
the fifth, Lind (who ended the game with a career-high three homers, the first such game a Fenway Park visitor since Frank Thomas accomplished the feat as a member of the White Sox on Sept. 15, 1996) smashed a 94 mph fastball on a 1-1 count. So: two homers on early
season. This shot did more than simply punctuate the Sox’ rout. Ortiz now has 269 homers as a designated hitter, tying Frank Thomas for the all-time lead for longballs at the position. The record suggests two things: 1) It has
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Jays from 2004-08. During his time in Toronto, Gibbons was known for his feuds with players such as Shea Hillenbrand and Frank Thomas . He was fired in the middle of the 2008 season. Gibbons was then hired for his current position as bench coach of the Royals
No AL player since 1950 has had more than eight such seasons in a row ( Alex Rodriguez , Miguel Tejada ). Ortiz would also join Rodriguez (12), Frank Thomas (9) and Rafael Palmeiro (9) as the only AL players with nine or more such seasons in their career (since 1950
in 2000 by Darin Erstad of the Angels. Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria had 18 RBI to lead the league, well short of the record of 26, held by Frank Thomas of the 2000 White Sox. ———————————————————————
White Sox (28-31, 28). Paul Konerko – having another terrific season — has 370 HR with the White Sox, second behind Frank Thomas (448) on the franchise list. He’s signed through 2013 and without injury or a Jim Rice fall of the cliff decline is going
over 1.100 against lefties (min. 100 such PA): 1994 White Sox – Frank Thomas , Julio Franco 1996 Athletics – Mark McGwire, Scott Brosius ..... Kevin Youkilis 1.025 – Mickey Mantle 1.006 – Mo Vaughn .998 – Frank Thomas .997 – Jim Gentile His 2010 May OPS (1.204) was the fourth best by
The NFL Sunday gang wraps up the season predicting the score of Super Bowl 46...and they don't think it's going to be as close as most people do. Go Pats!
NFL Sunday rolls on with Dale, Fauria and Price talking about the emotional roller coaster the Pats and more specifically team owner Robert Kraft have been on this season. With the passing of his wife Myra, this goal to become champs has taken on a whole new meaning.
The NFL Sunday crew talks about the cocky and brash chatter coming from some of the Giants the last couple weeks. Dale is surprised that Tom Coughlin allowed most of it to go down and says Belichick would never let that fly. The guys also touch on the little mistake the Giants team website made yesterday in putting up the "Giants are Super Bowl Champions" homepage yesterday - that's a no-no!
JaJuan Johnson spoke with Grande & Max after the Celtics beat the Bulls today at the Garden.
Sean Grande & Cedric Maxwell sat down with ESPN's Doris Burke during halftime of Celtics/Bulls
Doc Rivers & Sean Grande preview Celtics-Bulls today at the Garden. Tune in to Celtics Today at 3:00p to hear the full interview
Jim Callis of Baseball America joins Minor Details to look at his publication's ranking of the top 30 prospects in the Red Sox farm system. This year's rankings featured dramatic changes, particularly among the top 10 prospects in the system, and Callis explores what that means for the Red Sox going forward -- not only in terms of the state of their farm system, but also from the standpoint of the team's ability to make trades and build its roster in 2012 and beyond.
Dustin tells us you can't hustle a hustler, and other funny anecdotes.
The Sox GM joined Glenn and Michael to talk Scutaro, Punto, Oswalt, Luxury Tax and all things off-season.
Brad Marchand joins the show and talks about if Tim Thomas is a distraction to the team and why the Bruins have been struggling as of late.
Andrew joins D&C to discuss how he feels about Tim Thomas' political views and how Patrice Bergeron has been the MVP for the team so far this season. Andrew also talks about how they have to regroup and make adjustments to get out this funk the team is currently in.
Brad Marchand joins the show to talk about President Obama calling him out on stage and Tim Thomas skipping the White House visit.
WEEI's own Rob Bradford joins the guys to talk about Ortiz's arbitration hearing live from St. Petersburg and predicts what he thinks will happen.
Mike Adams fills in for Meter and covers Sunday's sports stories. One Celtics' player had a fantastic afternoon and so did Phil Mickelson.
Jerry Sandusky addressed the media on Friday and offered comments on his current situation. Dino and Gerry react to those statements and do not think he should be allowed extra priveleges.
Mut and Merloni listen in to some of the highlights from the Randy Moss U Stream experience where he said he was coming back to the NFL, talked about Myra Kraft, and Tom Brady's legacy.
Mut and Lou talk about the agreement between the Red Sox and David Ortiz for 1 year and $14.5 million.
We all know about the epic implosion by the Red Sox last year, and the massive changes that have come about since then, but on the other side of the pond John Henry's group is dealing with a huge controversy with the best player on their Liverpool soccer club. Is Henry stretched too thin by having to run two of the most major sports franchises on the planet?
Michael and Glenn begin the day talking about the Celts win over the Rose-less Bulls and whether or not that means they've turned the corner, or if it's still time to break-up the big three and make trades for the future.
National Columnist Jason Whitlock tweeted something pretty ignorant and insensitive after Jeremy Lin and the NY Knicks beat Kobe and the Lakers. His apology for those comments didn't hold a lot of water for us, and we discuss why...
Mikey's MIA, RIP Whitney, plus the Grammys had a few debacles to speak of.
The discussion of the Patriots loss in the Super Bowl and just like any other loss, the coaching is called into question and whether a defensive coordinator on staff would have helped Bill Belichick and the Patriots.
Mikey has made no bones about his feelings on Pau Gasol, what will he do if the Celtics trade Rondo for Gasol? Also our buddy LB calls in to talk about the Patriots Super Bowl loss.
Mikey's MIA, RIP Whitney, plus the Grammys had a few debacles to speak of.
Losing the Super Bowl? Terrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
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Our friend from Pittsburgh, Mark Madden, joins D&C to give his take on the Joe Paterno/Penn State scandal and says Jerry Sandusky may have been 'Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors.'
More from this showGlenn and Michael debate what, if anything, Shaq is bringing to the table for TNT's NBA pre and postgame coverage.
More from this showHeidi chats with D&C to talk about the Project Cupid Date Auction she will be participating in this Saturday in Boston.
More from this showMatt Perrault asks our listeners if they believe Bruin goalie Tim Thomas should take down his Facebook page. The media hasn't let down and Matt looks to dig deep into the situation. What do you think the Bruins should do?
More from this showDustin joined Glenn and Michael on the Big Show, and they asked him if they could take a call. Dustin agreed, and the caller then went on to rip the crap out of him. What Dustin didn't know is that the caller was one of his best friends... Andre Ethier from the Dodgers.
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